A poll last month found 66% of Hispanic respondents disapproved of Donald Trump’s performance, while 78% preferred Democratic control of Congress. (EPA Images pic)DORAL: For nearly two years, US president Donald Trump's heavy-handed deportation drive has sown fear in immigrant communities and created a flood of grim headlines and social media videos.

Now, with midterm elections looming, many Latino voters who helped propel Trump and his Republican Party to power in 2024 say they are fed up.

In southern Florida's Doral, a mostly Latino community near Miami that is also home to one of Trump's golf clubs, residents told AFP that worries about potential raids have left businesses without staff and classrooms with fewer pupils.